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16.01.2022 Assessing the Big Ideas in Number After the Results Plus two days for leaders, I was prompted to research the literature on teaching and learning the ‘Big’ Ideas in number. I came across a related link on the Victorian Education Department website that outlines a comprehensive assessment tool complete with teacher instructions, resources and assessment rubric for each of the Big Ideas. [ 903 more words ] http://whatworksbest.org.au/assessing-big-ideas-number/

16.01.2022 How Sturt Street Community School students learn about local history with 3D printing Last year, the SA office of the National Trust asked Makers Empire to consult on a pilot project designed to get primary school students learning and thinking about the buildings in their local area. Sturt Street Community School, students and teachers were already very active using the Makers Empire [ 667 more words ] http://whatworksbest.org.au/learning-local-history-3d-prin/

15.01.2022 Collaborative Moderation ‘The New Normal’ Click the YouTube links below to view Greg Petherick’s contribution to the DECD Collaborative Moderation Resources. His message is clear and sharp and the two short films make great staff discussion starters: Why collaborative moderation needs to be our new normal Responsive Leadership - Tailoring Professional Learning [ 633 more words ] http://whatworksbest.org.au/collaborative-moderation-new-n/

08.01.2022 Guest Blog: Joy Milward How could 2017 be your highest impact year yet? Are you set up for this? Or are you activity focussed? Exhaustion without traction As a school principal I always felt busy, busy, busy but the rubber wasn’t necessarily hitting the road. Do you ever feel this way about your work? I began to understand ‘crazy busy exhaustion without traction’ after I attended a masterclass facilitated by Dr Simon Breakspear on the subject of change leadership: How to lead meaningful progress despite complexity and resistance. [ 1,073 more word ] http://whatworksbest.org.au/change-how-we-change/

05.01.2022 Guest Speaker Dr Jane Jarvis, Flinders University,Differentiating for the many, not the few How does a teacher meet each child’s needs at the same time as meeting the needs of the others? The big question is really how can each teacher enhance the capacity of each student to learn well? How intentional are we about addressing the needs we know about?Jane's presentation focussed on strengthening our understanding of curriculum differentiation and tailoring the learning to meet the needs of individuals and groups at the point of task and assessment design. [ 950 more words ] http://whatworksbest.org.au/differentiation/

01.01.2022 Students co-design learning and assessment tasks at North Adelaide Primary Research shows that positioning students as active participants in the learning process accelerates the learning of both students and teachers. Deputy Principal Rene Wavell explains the student value-add to task design, assessment and moderation in a DECD Collaborative Moderation Resource film clip. Teachers initially found that trying to make judgements about the quality of learning against the achievement standard and assign an A-E grade often led to ‘C’ grade assessments. [ 694 more words ] http://whatworksbest.org.au/students-co-design-learning/